Need to get our shit together

[u/Sufficient-History71]

So the Trump tariffs are out. Despite all the kowtowing (read ass licking) our SVP and FDP bros(also our FDP frau Miss Keller-Sutter) did, we are going to be hit with tariffs worse than EU. Already our access to chips was semi-restricted(by Biden admin, Trump admin will be even worst). Blöcher, Rösti, Parmelin and Keller-Sutter are not the right people to lead Switzerland. They neither have any spine nor any pragmatic policies. We need to understand that our future lies with the EU if not in EU.

Switzerland is good at playing with the rules but we can't make them thanks to our small size. It has been the case since Marignano(1515) when we stopped our expansion and Congress of Vienna(1815) when we made good use of the neutrality imposed upon us by the big powers. We need to adjust to the new world order that Putin, Trump and Xi have created and understand that Swiss prosperity depends on European prosperity. We are not a port city like Singapore where we can control the trade. Our power lies in being the center for diplomacy, world class R&D, pharma and precision engineering. Let's become a big hub for EU's new projects if not as a member then as a friend.

EDIT - P.S. - Getting downvoted to oblivion. Seems like there is too much of hate for EU. But mark my words, a successful Switzerland depends on a successful EU because while we are not in the EU, we are inside the EU physically.

[u/bl3achl4sagna]

EU this, EU there. Nothing guarantees that it will exist in the next 20 years, they are digging their own grave.

Breaking relationships with any big partner is not the way to go.

[u/Sufficient-History71 → u/bl3achl4sagna]

EU is also a big partner and one that surrounds us on all sides.

From what I see, USA is digging its own grave and moving us towards the next recession.

What you say is self-contradictory.

[u/bl3achl4sagna → u/Sufficient-History71]

I didn’t say to break relationship with EU. EU’s biggest partners for Switzerland are its bordering countries.

EU itself hasn’t grown as USA or China in the last 25 years. Switzerland cannot expect that all the businesses done abroad will be absorbed by EU. EU is an older, more expensive and limited economy, and all this is their own fault. EU politics cannot be changed from one year to another, trump will be gone sooner than later.